BMC issues tree pruning notices to avoid accidents

Mumbai: As part of its monsoon preparedness, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has issued 1,855 notices urging citizens to prune trees scientifically on their premises. While the BMC consistently maintains trees in public areas within its jurisdiction, the responsibility for caring for trees in housing societies, government and semi-government organisations, and private spaces falls on the respective owners or users. Of these, 15.51 lakh trees stand within private institutions, while 10.67 lakh trees grace government buildings and institutions. Pre-monsoon tasks conducted by the gardens department primarily involve removing dead and hazardous trees, unnecessary branches, fruits, and branches, as well as disposing of fallen trees, replanting, filling tree trunks and hollows, balancing trees, and pruning roots, trunks, and leaves.